The curriculum for the Residency Program at the University of Florida Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine is organized into a basic four-year training period that prepares residents to practice pathology. Throughout the basic training period, under faculty supervision, each resident will:
- Perform at least 30 autopsies;
- Sign-out more than 2,000 surgical pathology specimens;
- Examine more than 1,500 cytology specimens; and
- Perform more than 200 operating room consultations (frozen sections).
Most subjects that you would want to do an elective in, we have built into our schedule. We have a schedule template for PGY1-4 years but there is certainly some personalization that can be applied based on interests.
Sample 4-year Rotation Schedule
| Block 1 | block 2 | block 3 | block 4 | BLOCK 5 | BLOCK 6 | BLOCK 7 | BLOCK 8 | BLOCK 9 | BLOCK 10 | BLOCK 11 | BLOCK 12 | BLOCK 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First year | Intro Lab | Intro Surg | Autopsy | Autopsy | Autopsy | Frozens | CP Core | Blood Bank | VA Surg | VA Surg | VA Surg | GI/Liver | VA Other |
| Second year | VA Surg | VA Surg | Breast | GYN | VA Surg | Peds | Hemepath | Hemepath | Cyto | GU | ENT | CP Core | CP Core |
| Third year | VA Surg | VA Surg | Ortho | Thoracic | Hemepath | CP Core | Blood Bank | Immunology | VA Surg | GYN2 | GI2 | Molecular/Informatics | Derm/Neuro/Renal |
| Fourth year | GU2 | Breast2 | VA Lab | VA Surg | Derm/Neuro/Renal | Cyto | Senior Biopsy | Lab Management | Chemistry | Micro | Cytogenetics | Toxicology | Hematology |